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Joan Didion

1934 - 2021

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Joan Didion (; December 5, 1934 – December 23, 2021) was an American writer and journalist. She is considered one of the pioneers of New Journalism, along with Gay Talese, Truman Capote, Norman Mailer, Hunter S. Thompson, and Tom Wolfe. Didion's career began in the 1950s after she won an essay contest sponsored by Vogue magazine. She went on to publish essays in The Saturday Evening Post, National Review, Life, Esquire, The New York Review of Books, and The New Yorker. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joan Didion is the 2,138th most popular writer (down from 1,738th in 2019), the 3,104th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,181st in 2019) and the 252nd most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Joan Didion ranks 2,138 out of 7,302. Before her are Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti, Richard Aldington, Carl Zuckmayer, Cangrande I della Scala, Inger Christensen, and Jón Arason. After her are Lu Ji, Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi, Elizabeth von Arnim, John Kennedy Toole, Alberto Manguel, and Paul Hazard.

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Among people born in 1934, Joan Didion ranks 144. Before her are Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Parma, Sarah Kofman, Ken Matthews, Jean Marsh, Kate Millett, and Francesco Monterisi. After her are Mohamed Ennaceur, Bill Cobbs, Lucien Bianchi, Tatiana Samoilova, George Chakiris, and Harlan Ellison. Among people deceased in 2021, Joan Didion ranks 160. Before her are Anna Chromý, Terry Cooper, Willy van der Kuijlen, Ned Beatty, Kurt Westergaard, and János Kornai. After her are Michael Apted, Olympia Dukakis, Charles Grodin, Humberto Maturana, Renée Simonot, and Christian Boltanski.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joan Didion ranks 3,104 out of 20,380. Before her are Thomas A. Hendricks (1819), SZA (1990), Joseph Kittinger (1928), Toby Keith (1961), Tim Scott (1965), and Melissa Leo (1960). After her are Annie Potts (1952), Frank Jack Fletcher (1885), Elizabeth Bolden (1890), Bill Cobbs (1934), John Kennedy Toole (1937), and Alfre Woodard (1952).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Joan Didion ranks 252. Before her are Edmond Hamilton (1904), Kate Millett (1934), John W. Campbell (1910), William Steig (1907), Lewis Mumford (1895), and Harold Bloom (1930). After her are John Kennedy Toole (1937), Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930), Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe (1822), Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860), Raymond E. Feist (1945), and Anne Applebaum (1964).

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